SYNONYMY NOTE: extract implies a drawing out of something, as if by pulling, sucking, etc. [to extract a promise]; educe suggests a drawing out or evolving of something that is latent or undeveloped [laws were educed from tribal customs]; elicit connotes difficulty or skill in drawing out something hidden or buried [his jokes elicited no smiles]; evoke implies a calling forth or summoning, as of a mental image, by stimulating the emotions
[the odor evoked a memory of childhood]; extort suggests a forcing or wresting of something, as by violence or threats [to extort a ransom]